Man-Eaters: Part One

So, there's this awesome movie that came out in '68 by Herschell Gordon Lewis (great stuff this guy did - you should check it out) called "She-Devils on Wheels." I will warn you though, it takes a certain taste to appreciate its awesomeness... Like if you dig chicks in bright neon turtlenecks and go-go boots riding around on little Honda motorcycles beating up men and having "orgies" at their club house that consist of rolling around the floor having bad '60s make-out sessions, or ya know, the occasional decapitated head flying in the air, then this movie is for you.

If that doesn't make your mouth water, let the trailer do it justice:

These ladies are my idols.

Don't judge me.

Anyway, I've always wanted to become a Man-Eater, and have been meaning to recreate the colors (that's biker slang for "club patch" - dig it?) for quite some time. It's Friday night - what better to do than coop myself up inside and make a patch that 0.00006% of the world knows what it references?
So here we go!

Reference image:

It ain't easy working off of crappy quality movie stills, so I will take a moment to shout out at my bud Friend Prices for doing some of that work for me! He made cool Man-Eaters prints that you can purchase here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/160091030/she-devils-on-wheels-print?ref=shop_home_active. I used his image as reference too.

Materials: Felt, fabric paint. And my vest!

I'm sure there's a better way to go about it, but I'm impatient so I just dove in free-hand. I simply drew & cut out the shape, then used a paint brush to fill it all in. In retrospect I should have gotten fabric paint markers instead, because the lines came out a bit sloppy. But eh... The originals were no Picassos, neither!

Then this guy gave his cat approval by getting in the way and getting my felt all furry.

You may also notice that he's fat. FAT CAT! I think my vest would fit him perfectly, actually...

That's as far as I've gotten tonight. Still have to do the "Man-Eaters" bar then sew these puppies on! A blog update will soon follow. In the meantime, go watch She-Devils on Wheels if you haven't already done so.

Thank me later!

~Lisa Louise

SOON.

Pending a trip to hobby lobby... some cool stuff is gonna happen SOON!

Let's just say it will involve faux taxidermy and biker chicks.

Makes sense, right?

New Goo Goo-A-Go-Go Record!!

Well, I have a confession: I've been slacking! I haven't produced any new art, haven't updated the blog (not that anyone reads it), but HAVE managed to sit around eating Twinkies for the last month.

I guess I've been busy playing shows with The Dyes and pushing the new record, which should be mentioned here: THE DYES GOO GOO-A-GO-GO!!!

There's me proudly showin' off the new vinyl while lounging in Don Picton's basement at about 2 am. It was a loooong two nights of printing off these bad boys, approximately 400 runs! Thankfully the wonderful Don (aka Friend Prices - check him out at friendprices.etsy.com) lent his digs AND his services, and we split the printing duties. The artwork was a frantic last-minute throw-together on my part, but ya know... I like to roll around in shit and come up smelling like roses sometimes. 99% happy with the results. Here's a sneak peak of the process:

Proposed slop sketch.

Filling in the letters..

The creature starts to appear!

A few touch-ups, scanning, transparencies, and screen burning later, then...

Printing!

The final product. That's right - slime green vinyl!

A big thanks again to Don at Friend Prices headquarters. I would have been wallowing in anxiety attacks and bon-bons without his help. If anyone is interested in purchasing the new (limited!) record, you can do so at Bloodshot: https://www.bloodshotrecords.com/album/dyes-goo-goo-go-go-7-single. Once those sell out, I'll be selling 'em on noviadeldiablo.com. 

'Til next time,

Stay Sick!!!

<3 Lisa Louise

(Jilly 'n me)